sphericalfox Posted 24 March 2014 Posted 24 March 2014 Yes but that's a slightly different thing. I saw my brother do what he did - he did not know my code - I even changed it and he did it again so some how - by hook or by crook he got into it. there are plenty of vids on youtube on how to do it. it's not rocket science. A passcode is only useful if you turn your phone off, but not many people ever do.
danny. Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 there are plenty of vids on youtube on how to do it. it's not rocket science. A passcode is only useful if you turn your phone off, but not many people ever do. Please do post a video of someone genuinely unlocking an iPhone (on the latest iOS, I know there was a bug in the first iOS7.0) - would love to see this.
DB11 Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 They can. Depends what phone you have though. On my Samsung S3, before unlocking, you can press 'emergency call' and there's a button on the bottom right of the keypad - hold on to that and it loads up your ICE contacts. So yes, you can get through to them without a pass code. Just not all the contacts. That's different. That's an intrinsic feature designed in the software, not something secret that emergency services personnel are privy to Thank you! I knew it could be done! As above, whatever happened it was not the result of something secret that emergency services personnel are privy to
StanSP Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 That's different. That's an intrinsic feature designed in the software, not something secret that emergency services personnel are privy to As above, whatever happened it was not the result of something secret that emergency services personnel are privy to I'd like to think some of them may know though? It's about not getting/needing the passcode to get to emergency contacts. They don't need to know the passcode to know about the ICE contacts?
danny. Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 For iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ice-in-case-of-emergency/id380234187?mt=8
Bellend Sebastian Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 The South African coppers had to get Apple to get into Oscar Pistorius' iphone, which he conveniently had forgotten the passcode to (and it turns out contains messages from his missus that he shot saying she was sometimes frightened of him). That said, I find it hard to believe that the default level of encryption is that strong on a mass market device. I know people who have jobs that are only vaguely sensitive in nature and they all have to have their work phones and laptops sent away to have additional security put on as out the box they're deemed too insecure
danny. Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 The South African coppers had to get Apple to get into Oscar Pistorius' iphone, which he conveniently had forgotten the passcode to (and it turns out contains messages from his missus that he shot saying she was sometimes frightened of him). That said, I find it hard to believe that the default level of encryption is that strong on a mass market device. I know people who have jobs that are only vaguely sensitive in nature and they all have to have their work phones and laptops sent away to have additional security put on as out the box they're deemed too insecure There is nothing you can change on an iPhone, especially in regard to the pin lock, it's either on or off. Way more settings on a laptop, and other brands of phone though.
DB11 Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 I'd like to think some of them may know though? It's about not getting/needing the passcode to get to emergency contacts. They don't need to know the passcode to know about the ICE contacts? You can send it away for forensic analysis, but you can't just do something at the road side whilst the person is unconscious.
StanSP Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 You can send it away for forensic analysis, but you can't just do something at the road side whilst the person is unconscious. Eh? Why can nothing be done when the person is unconscious? All you need is the ICE contacts. You don't need to root through their personal messages or pictures (if that's what you're getting at?)
DB11 Posted 25 March 2014 Posted 25 March 2014 Eh? Why can nothing be done when the person is unconscious? All you need is the ICE contacts. You don't need to root through their personal messages or pictures (if that's what you're getting at?) Well I'm still talking about the phone in the OP: an iPhone. If you can't get past the lock you can't see any ICE contacts it's not a feature that the iPhone has.
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